UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State football players scattered throughout the state and beyond, some visiting with parents and grandparents and using the off week to get healthy and recharged for the road ahead.
Quarterback Christian Hackenberg went home to Virginia to regroup while cornerback Grant Haley visited with extended family in Pittsburgh. James Franklin spent an entire Saturday with his two daughters, but all of them couldn’t help but keep tabs on Michigan’s double-overtime win vs. Indiana. With the No. 14 Wolverines headed to Happy Valley for a noon kickoff Saturday, Penn State knows the task at hand will be difficult.